Photo: Extract from the english Wikipedia. Author: Sean Munson · CC BY-SA 2.0No one born in Kilmainham has made the famous people list yet
Of its neighbours, Crumlin, 1 km away, lists the most: 16, Roberto Lopes first. 81 towns in Co. Dublin have at least one famous person on record. Dublin’s 3,775 names make the longest list in Co. Dublin. After Dublin, the next longest list in Co. Dublin is Dún Laoghaire’s, with 37.
Who’s listed here
We list people whose Wikidata birthplace is in Kilmainham’s neighbourhood and whose English Wikipedia article agrees they were born here. Wikidata places 2 people here, but none of their articles confirm Kilmainham as the birthplace yet, so nobody is listed.
Famous people born near Kilmainham
8 towns around it have someone on record.
Crumlin · 1 kmRoberto Lopes & 15 more
Inchicore · 1 kmAaron Doran & 7 moreGBDolphins Barn · 2 kmGay Byrne & 3 more
The Liberties · 3 kmMáire Devine & 3 moreMBBallyfermot · 3 kmMary Byrne & 3 moreJDStoneybatter · 3 kmJane Dowdall & 2 moreFHChapelizod · 2 kmFrank Harte & 1 moreFCWalkinstown · 2 kmFrank Clarke & 1 moreQuestions about famous people from Kilmainham
Who counts as from Kilmainham?
People Wikidata records as born in a place inside Kilmainham’s neighbourhood (its Census 2022 Small Areas), a hospital or district within it included, whose English Wikipedia article agrees. People who only lived here, adult performers and people known mainly for crimes aren’t listed. In Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford a birth recorded only as the city stays on the city’s page; a neighbourhood lists only people recorded as born in it.
Why is someone missing?
Their Wikidata birthplace may be a county or just “Ireland”, a townland or village we don’t list, another town, or missing, or their article may give no birthplace. We only list people both sources agree on; editing Wikidata or Wikipedia changes this page at the next refresh.
From Wikidata (CC0: birthplaces, descriptions, years, occupations, how many Wikipedia and sister-site articles cover each person) and English Wikipedia (each person’s article confirms the birthplace; linked, not quoted). A birthplace is placed in a town by its own Wikidata item, its Logainm place name, or a point inside its CSO 2022 outline; a birth recorded only as one of the five cities stays on the city’s page. Ranked by the number of articles. Fields are read from Wikidata’s description and occupations. “The usual town”: everyone listed across Irish towns. Portraits: each person’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (3)
- Roberto Lopes: Office of the President of Ireland, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Aaron Doran: Alasdair Middleton from Rothesay, Scotland, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Máire Devine: Sinn Féin, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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